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Marinated tuna on pak choi salad

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Ingredients for 2 servings:

  • 150 g tuna (sushi quality)
  • 1 pak choi, baby cabbage (alternatively Chinese cabbage, only the inner third)
  • 2 tbsp sesame seeds (briefly dry roasted)
  • 3 tbsp soy sauce
  • 3 tbsp sesame oil, toasted
  • 1 tbsp fish sauce
  • some lime juice
  • some pepper, Szechuan pepper (freshly ground)
  • some chili pepper(s), dried red (pitted and finely chopped)

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 5 minutes; Total time approx. 25 minutes

Cut the tuna into very fine slices. Sort, wash, dry, and slice the pak choi into strips. Dry-roast the sesame seeds in a pan. Mix the soy sauce, lime juice, sesame oil, and fish sauce to make a salad dressing and season with chili and Sichuan peppercorns. Arrange the pak choi on plates, arrange the thin, raw tuna slices on top, drizzle with the dressing, and sprinkle with sesame seeds. Serve immediately.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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